It sure didn’t take long for the locals to jump on the Obama bandwagon and start making presidential predictions. From The Denver Post:
Of all the ramifications of Barack Obama’s clinching of the Democratic nomination this week, the most dramatic for Colorado may be this: The state [...]
It’s not even close. From Politico:
Brent Seaborn, late of the Giuliani campaign and now back at his consulting gig, sends over some up-ballot numbers his firm, TargetPoint, took for a third-party effort out in the Colorado Senate race.
Per their polling, McCain would defeat Hillary in Colorado 52-40 and [...]
That’s the message Boulder liberals Will Shafroth, Joan Fitz-Gerald and Jared Polis are sending with their “charitable giving.” From The Denver Post:
If Democrat Jared Polis wants to continue pouring his own money into his effort to win the 2nd Congressional District seat, it shouldn’t be a [...]
First, Mike Coffman belatedly — and, we hear, grudgingly — returned Rima “Riyadh” Barakat Sinclair’s campaign donation after it became obvious — even to Coffman — pro-Israel forces wouldn’t tolerate anything less. Now, only a few days after that fiasco, Coffman’s facing another fundraising fight. From the [...]
After long refusing to name the person who allegedly gave him information from the National Crime Information Center database, former Beauprez for Governor campaign manager and serial campaign-loser John Marshall has finally come clean. The junior Bob Woodward testified his “Deep Throat” was Cory Voorhis, the campaign’s neighbor and the [...]
We reported several days ago that Mike Coffman, perhaps the state’s worst politician, had Rima Barakat Sinclair, a known Israel-hater, hosting recent fundraisers for him. Our friend Lynn Bartels at the Rocky Mountain News picks up where we left off: Barakat Sinclair more than raised money [...]
State Sen. Chris Romer’s convoluted I-70 toll bill died like an overheated engine yesterday, following a protest and angry testimony from Romer’s fellow Democrats, but a Steve Durham-backed Republican version is still chugging along. From the Rocky Mountain News:
Sen. Chris Romer, who kick- started the controversial [...]
We’ve told you about — and you’ve seen for yourself — Mike Coffman’s mind-blowing judgment problems — from having a treasurer who filed false campaign-finance reports, to hiring a journalist media buyer, to multiple ethical lapses in the Secretary of State’s office — but Coffman’s latest moronic move is unfathomable, [...]
After finding it politically impossible to pass another tax hike without a vote, Ritter and his environmental wacko friends have all but settled on a massive severance-tax increase. And, wouldn’t you know, 30 percent of the revenues will be headed into the wackos’ pockets. How convenient for them. From the [...]
We have to admit, this year’s Capitol team for The Denver Post seems better than last year’s “Blonde Squad,” but it won’t for long if story’s like this keep coming. From The Denver Post:
Plans to bank state funds for economic rainy days have died two years [...]
Even the New York Times is laughing at us:
DENVER ? A plan to use only paper ballots in Colorado in this November?s election, which was announced with bipartisan hoopla in January to replace the state?s troubled electronic voting machine system, died quietly in a state legislature committee room on [...]
In what can only be described as a political move, the Democrats have abruptly pulled funding for a new building at the Auraria campus in downtown Denver - after a massive hole was dug in the ground. The Democrats only days ago pushed for a ballot initiative to tax the [...]
A Wiki War has erupted between state Sen. Chris Romer and truckers during his quest for less traffic on I-70. From the Rocky Mountain News:
Sen. Chris Romer says the people have spoken.
They have hammered him with e-mails. They’ve left comments on his Web site. They have [...]
After making a pledge to forego earmarks, U.S. Rep. Mark “Screwball” Udall has revoked it, saying it will not apply if he is elected to the U.S. Senate. The reason is ridiculous. From The Denver Post:
U.S. Rep. Mark Udall on Monday wouldn’t agree to extend to [...]
This weekend featured two interesting articles on Colorado’s premiere race, the U.S. Senate contest between former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer and current U.S. Rep. Mark “Screwball” Udall. First, from The Denver Post:
Question: Who’s more conservative, Bob Schaffer or Dick Cheney? And where does Mark Udall rank [...]
Secretary of State Mike Coffman, state Sen. Ken Gordon and Gov. Bill Ritter’s race to make this year’s elections the most complicated in state history is nowhere near its end. From The Denver Post:
A bill mandating that the state conduct a primarily paper-ballot election this year [...]
If you’ve ever wondered which of the liberal ideas is more powerful, here’s your answer. From The Denver Post:
On paper, House Bill 1269, which would grant a sales-tax exemption on beetle-kill timber in an effort to rid the forest of the matchsticks, is a no-brainer.
It has [...]
Legal and political genius that he is, Secretary of State Mike Coffman just walked into the trap he laid for himself earlier this year, as yesterday he followed through on his promise to recertify some counties’ electronic voting machines, but is postponing his decision on the all-important ballot scanners. From [...]
The Republican registration advantage continues to erode in Colorado, but that doesn’t mean folks are turning blue. From the Rocky Mountain News:
Colorado’s independent spirit is increasingly showing up in the electorate as unaffiliated voters are emerging as the biggest voting block and could make the state [...]
As we’ve been saying for some time, Secretary of State Mike “Clueless” Coffman would bungle the recertification process and voting activists would sue, only further damaging voter confidence and compounding election problems in Colorado. From the Rocky Mountain News:
The cloud over Colorado’s electronic voting and tallying [...]
Bruce Benson’s selection as the new University of Colorado president is worth it just to watch the reactions from the pot-smoking “social justice” brigade. From The Denver Post:
“You exist for me,” said Matt Steninger, a junior history major at CU-Boulder, addressing the regents. “I think it is important for [...]
Whether it’s oil and gas, cigarettes, or autos, Colorado Democrats can’t find a thing they don’t want to tax. From the Rocky Mountain News:
While the governor and lawmakers said what they would and wouldn’t do for health care this year, nobody mentioned Rep. Jerry Frangas.
But the [...]
We all heard about Gov. Bill “Peace and Justice” Ritter’s ridiculously lenient plea deals as district attorney, but check out his startling parole-board decisions. From The Denver Post:
About 115 more inmates per month walked out of prison on early release in 2007 compared with the previous [...]
If U.S. Sen. Barack Obama wins the Democratic nomination, Colorado might turn blue. From Rasmussen Reports:
Colorado’s Electoral College votes have ended up in the Republican column for the past three Presidential election, but it has always been competitive. Four years ago, President George W. Bush won [...]
The push to end robodials in Colorado has pushed itself right off a cliff, as both bills banning the practice were killed in committee yesterday. From The (Grand Junction) Daily Sentinel:
Voicing their discomfort with selectively banning political speech, state senators voted Wednesday to kill [...]
Joining the ranks of such scofflaws as state House Speaker Andrew “Nixon” Romanoff and Sen. Ken “Push Play for Porn” Gordon, Secretary of State Mike Coffman has failed to provide public records. From the Rocky Mountain News:
Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman and voting activists were [...]
The governor yesterday signed into law a bill, HB-1155, that might accelerate the recertification of electronic voting machines, but whether the bill and its processes will matter is a major point of contention among clerks. From the Rocky Mountain News:
County clerks will gain some much-needed certainty [...]
Given his compulsive consideration of every major office, it’s hard to take him seriously. Even so, he might not be a bad choice. From The (Grand Junction) Daily Sentinel’s Mike Saccone:
Former Republican congressman and state lawmaker Scott McInnis said he is open to mounting [...]
Following massive turnout — as much as 10 times the norm — at caucuses across the state, county clerks are saying the November election could be a disaster and final results could take days to produce, thanks to Secretary of State Mike Coffman’s bungling and back-and-forths. From the [...]
State Rep. Morgan “Kung Fu” Carroll, D-Lalaland, once again fails to make sense. From The Denver Post:
Panel OKs plan to boost sanctions on junk e-mail
Junk e-mailers would face tougher sanctions while Internet service providers who limit spam would get protections from lawsuits under a bill [...]
In politics, your opponents often aren’t the biggest threats to your success — you are. A better example of this could not be found than Secretary of Sadomasochism Mike Coffman.
We say this because it seems like Coffman has given himself a Code Red just about every time he’s had the [...]
We found this heartbreaking story of pathetic politicians on the left enlightening. From the Rocky Mountain News:
The 1996 legislature was in session when state Rep. Bob Hagedorn got the news that his mother was dying of lung cancer.
The Aurora Democrat began drinking again and ended up [...]
The donkeys love to claim conservatives want to regulate what goes on in the privacy of people’s homes. So what are the libs doing telling people how to store their lawfully owned weapons? From The (Grand Junction) Daily Sentinel:
A panel of state lawmakers gave [...]
Ah, we love how the fringe on the left can always be counted on to help the Republican Party, especially in close races. When the kooks can’t push through people like Dennis “I’m The Leprechaun” Kucinich in the Democratic Party, they jump ship for even crazier people, like this idiot. [...]
Update: Rep. Garcia is a representative no mas. He resigned in a one-sentence letter read before the state House. Appropriate, considering the remark that led to his resignation was also one sentence.
Per Wikipedia, House Assistant Majority Leader Michael “Moleste” Garcia is unmarried. We think we can venture a guess why. [...]
“Not everyone should be for Hillary Clinton,” she remarked at one point, drawing stares from the partisans. “I only want those people who ever had a mother to support her.”
Chelsea Clinton has revealed her and her mother’s campaign’s seething hatred of orphaned children. It looks as if [...]
Today is the Republican primary in Florida. In honor of this event, enjoy the below video. It features oranges, a major export of Florida, and a man who chases chubby women who reminds us a little of Ken Gordon for some reason (maybe it’s the facial hair).
Although a complete ban on public-employee strikes was shot down, state employees will lose their right to strike within in the next few weeks. From the Rocky Mountain News:
Rep. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, offered a little humor Thursday in summing up the chance he thought his [...]
The governor and a mass of legislators, Republican and Democrat, announced today they will support a move to paper ballots at the polls this election cycle, a move in direct opposition to “Major Malfunction” Mike Coffman’s call for all-mail-ballot elections this year. From The Denver Post:
Gov. [...]
First they screw up the primary and general election with their handling of the voting-system certification process. Now they may have blown apart the caucus system because of their handling of the statewide voter database. Can you say Tweedledee and Tweedledum? From The Denver Post:
The office [...]
No surprise here, but Crank once again has the HBA’s backing:
Jeff Crank, Republican candidate for Congress in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, today announced his recent endorsement from the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs.
“I am again honored to have the endorsement of this outstanding organization,” said Crank, who also [...]
And the hits keep on coming. In a hearing about yet another months-delayed program overseen by the Secretary of State’s office, Mike Coffman was slapped around like a Colfax hooker. From The Denver Post:
Lawmakers blasted Secretary of State Mike Coffman on Tuesday for failing to set [...]
As we showed you last month, Democrats hate open-records requests. They hate them so much, they want to except even more information from CORA requests. From The Denver Post:
Rep. Rosemary Marshall, involved in a legal fight with a conservative news website over whether portions of a memo should be released [...]
As if we’re surprised the Secretary of Schizophrenia would change his mind — yet again. From the Rocky Mountain News:
Secretary of State Mike Coffman told county clerks Thursday that he will support their push for an all-mail general election in 2008.
…Coffman previously had opposed all-mail voting, [...]
Apparently not willing to give Mike Coffman any additional chances to screw up, legislators and county clerks have decided to go old school at the ballot box. From The Denver Post:
Colorado officials are leaning toward abandoning the electronic voting terminals that have thrown the state’s election [...]
UPDATE: Coffman says, “That is just goofy.” As if people weren’t given enough reason to wonder about him, what with him apparently still not living with his wife of two years and all. He might as well have said, “Don’t be such a big silly, you big silly.”
The Colorado Democratic [...]
The Colorado Democratic Party today asked for Secretary of Scandal Mike Coffman to resign his commission.
Pat Waak, Chair of the Colorado Democratic Party, today called for Secretary of State Mike Coffman to resign from his office, which is under a cloud of controversy deriving from his decision to invalidate much [...]
And it’s not hard to see why, because Secretary of Stupidity Mike Coffman is the last person who should have more control over the certification process. From Friday’s Rocky Mountain News:
Secretary of State Mike Coffman would have broad authority to change his earlier decision to decertify [...]
Speaker of the House Andrew “Red Nose” Romanoff is going apeshit because a certain prickly politician from Colorado Springs is doing what he does best, getting attention, this time by clamoring for — what else — an audience. From the Rocky Mountain News:
Cantankerous anti-tax crusader Douglas [...]
Looks like Bernie Buescher — and a certain reporter — finally remembered there was a little thing called the First Amendment. From Political Notebook:
DENVER — Attorney General John Suthers told Political Notebook he hopes to work with Rep. Bernie Buescher, D-Grand Junction, and Sen. Moe Keller, D-Wheat [...]
